Salazar and Erikson LLP

09/18/2023

GREENWICH, N.Y. -- When we think about farming, we do not always think about the legal aspects associated with it. We tend to think more...

08/30/2022

"The myth of accountability is that it is all about leaders following up, checking in, and demanding that people deliver what they said they would deliver when they said they would deliver it. And if they repeatedly fall short of delivering, they should be gone. The problem is, if you do this as a leader, you may find that performance gets worse as people pull back from taking the risks and leveraging the learnings that are necessary for improved performance."

Do you hold people accountable or do you CREATE accountability? The difference is important and could change the way your people feel about work.

05/17/2022

My husband is Dr Doolittle out here

01/18/2022

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10/29/2021

Some great tips

Two U.S. Senators share their negotiation experience and wisdom.

09/20/2021

"We don’t control time, have time or make time: we are time. We must decide. We must act. Imperfect as our choices and actions may be, we must move forward or we miss the moment. And moments are all we have. The moments, right now, are our lives."

Time management systems have failed us. What's the secret to being organized and getting more done? Here's what really works...

05/19/2021

Sobering and infuriating. But this quote from the article puts the issue in some logical perspective:

"Discrimination in appraisals can be both systemic and individualistic.

'Systemic is the price comparison model," he said. "When you only compare homes to like peers in neighborhoods that have been discriminated against, you essentially just recycled discrimination over and over again ... You have individual acts of racism and you have more systemic reasons why. Both are robbing people of individual and community wealth.'"

We can do better.

A Black woman sought three appraisals for her home when she couldn't figure out why the values were so low compared to nearby sales.

04/12/2021

"No cadet had ever “survived” the Kobayashi Maru until James T. Kirk arrived at Starfleet Academy. He was given the same two terrible choices and told he must pick one. Yet both his ship and crew came through intact."

The term Catch 22 is broadly used to describe a tricky problem or a no win, or even an absurd situation. You have a couple of choices for solving a problem but neither of them actually solve it and…

03/31/2021

Do No-Poaching Agreements between employers restrict competition? Perhaps so.

“No poach agreements” have once again grabbed the legal headlines with a nationally known integrated provider of hospital and physician services a...

02/24/2021

"Because Red Robin's figures are mostly foam and fail to satisfy CAFA's jurisdictional amount-in-controversy threshold, I grant the motion," she wrote, sending the case back to the state courts.

The original lawsuit was filed over the restaurant chain's Stella Artois chalices, which hold less than 16 ounces.

11/11/2020

Parenting has changed.

"Most adults today remember playing outside as children, walking to school, and running errands with minimal adult supervision. They likely also sometimes sat in a car as mom or dad ran into a store on a quick errand. These activities did not prompt any concerns about the danger of a child being asphyxiated or kidnapped, nor did they lead to criminal or neglect investigations by the police or child protection authorities."

How broad neglect laws undermine childhood independence, and a review of legislative efforts to address it.

11/06/2020

An issue worth paying attention to:

"Shared interests and common styles are how we generate trust. When we connect with another person over genuinely shared interests, we tend to have a higher degree of comfort and trust than would occur otherwise. This presents a challenge for people who are different from the norm when they try to build the trust networks that are important for their career growth."

Bias can marginalize employees and lessen their contributions. Managers should take corrective action to get the best out of their teams.